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DNR tells Kalamazoo committee deer are abundant; city may seek 2026 funding for population survey
Summary
The Kalamazoo City Environmental Concerns Committee heard a Michigan DNR briefing on urban deer biology, collision hotspots and management options; the committee discussed nonlethal tools, hunting/sharpshooting constraints, and a planned 2025 budget request to fund a 2026 city deer survey.
Don Poppy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources told the Kalamazoo City Environmental Concerns Committee that white-tailed deer are an abundant species statewide and not yet subject to chronic wasting disease in Kalamazoo County. Poppy described disease risks, recent pockets of epizootic hemorrhagic disease and a statewide peak in deer-vehicle collisions last seen in the early 2000s.
The committee heard that city staff reviewed 3-1-1 calls about deer in 2024 and recorded 63 total calls, including 35 reports of dead deer in the right of way and 17 reports of dead deer on private property.…
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